Pregnancy Massage
Infant Massage Class (Pre-Natal to Crawling age)
Are you pregnant or have a in infant who is not crawling yet?
Would you like to learn how massaging your baby will help them to be:
- Happier and Calmer (less tears!)
- Healthier
- Smarter
Learn:
- Why, when, where, and how to massage baby
- Tips for getting your baby to sleep, and a colic routine
- Tips for increasing baby IQ
Fee includes:
* 3 sessions to learn a full baby massage routine and adaptation to toddler massage
* 2 adults and 1 infant (Additional caregiver / family member $10)
* Massage oil
* All notes and charts
* “Baby’s First Touch” Step-by-Step Instructions for Infant massage, by Diana Moore, MS, LMT, CIMI® booklet
Melissa will demonstrate with a doll; other dolls are available to practice with if baby needs a break
Call (916) 402-7380 to set up your personalized in-home sessions!
- Learn in the comfort of your own home
- Don’t worry about getting baby into the car & finding parking
- Add your own massages to a session with the outcall fee waived
- Host several families in your home and receive discounts
Pregnancy Massage
75 minutes sessions recommended
- Helps ease pain from weekly changes your body endures, especially in hips and back
- Helps decreases stress and anxiety during this life changing event
- Keeps stress hormones from passing through the placenta barrier to baby
- Helps maintain a healthy pregnancy
- Body positioning on the table is mostly side-lying or seated
- Belly massage only done upon request
- Mother will be fully draped at all times to ensure privacy and comfort
- Please come with your doctor’s permission if you have a high risk pregnancy
Postpartum Massage
75 minutes or more recommended
Families are encouraged to bring their infants in up until they are able to crawl. Receiving a massage while snuggling with baby is a wonderful bonding experience. Massage soothes mommy and baby, keeping them calm, thereby reducing chance of fussiness during session. Positioning on the massage table varies from side-lying, either face up or face down, or sitting, all depending on the comfort and needs of the client.
Benefits of postpartum massage:
- Increases the bond between parent and baby
- Supports emotional healing and decreases depression commonly known as “baby blues”
- Reduces fatigue
- Aids in the healing process from birth by eliminating
– hormones released during labor
– medications possibly given during birth
– hormones released post labor - Helps ease mother’s pain from the new demands placed her body:
- Nursing, bending, lifting, and carrying baby
Infant Massage Course
Enroll for Melissa’s Infant Massage Course, Click Here.
Melissa is a Certified Infant Massage Instructor CIMI® through the International Loving Touch Foundation, a nationally accredited program.
